Updates and Newsletters: The main news stories from the major sources, selected, compiled, and occasionally commented on by Michael Novakhov ("Mike Nova") | Public RSS Feeds on the various topics of Global Security | Topics oriented news reviews

»U.N. Seeks Clues on Death of Ex-Chief30/12/14 20:02 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinksmikenova shared this story from WSJ.com: World News. The U.N. called on any nation with information that may shed light on the 1961 death of Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjöld to disclose it after new evidence emerged in the past few yea...

»Mr. Grimm Should Go Now30/12/14 18:58 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinksmikenova shared this story . Seven weeks to the day after his re-election to Congress, Representative Michael Grimm, a Republican of Staten Island, pleaded guilty to felony tax evasion . That should be more than enough to persuade Mr. Gr...

»The Positive Side of Low Oil Prices30/12/14 15:47 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinksmikenova shared this story from TIME. In a year of plummeting oil prices and the dismay it brings to producers and traders, two senior economists at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) haven’t taken their eyes off the bright side...

»2014: a good year for democracy?30/12/14 14:48 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinksmikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. A record 1.5 billion people voted in 2014, but the democratic process can be fragile at best and corrupt at worst, and is not in itself a recipe for positive change More than ...

»stylometry - Google Search30/12/14 12:18 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinksmikenova shared this story . Stylometry - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Stylometry Cached Similar Wikipedia Loading... Stylometry is the application of the study of linguistic style, usually to written language,...

»Russia's Media Machine Looks West29/12/14 15:17 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinksmikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. In 2014, Russian propaganda outlets ramped up beyond Russia's borders. If the Kremlin's aim at home is to convince a captive audience, the goal abroad may be to confuse.

»At Least 5 Die in Italian Ferry Fire29/12/14 14:52 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinksmikenova shared this story from NYT > World. Prime Minister Matteo Renzi of Italy said that all of the surviving passengers and most of the crew had been rescued. Rescue teams worked frantically to retrieve remaining passengers and cr...

»Russia's Economy Begins Shrinking29/12/14 14:42 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinksmikenova shared this story from Voice of America. Russia's battered currency fell sharply on Monday after a government report showed the economy shrank in November, and predicted a four percent decline next year. At one point Monday, the...

»Ebola Cases Reach Over 20,00029/12/14 12:46 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinksmikenova shared this story from TIME. Cases of Ebola in Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea have reached over 20,000. New numbers released from the World Health Organization (WHO) on Monday show Ebola has infected 20,081 people and killed 7...

»U.S. Ends Its War in Afghanistan28/12/14 18:27 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinksmikenova shared this story from TIME. The U.S.-led coalition in Afghanistan ended its combat mission Sunday, marking the formal—if not real—end to the longest war in American history. American warplanes began bombing the country on Oct. ...

»Key Al-Shabab Commander Captured28/12/14 14:09 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinksmikenova shared this story from Voice of America. Authorities in Somalia say they have captured one of the most wanted al-Shabab commanders. Zakariye Ismail Hersi was captured in a raid Saturday morning in the town of El Wak near the bor...

»The News in Moscow - The New Yorker28/12/14 13:47 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinksmikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. The New Yorker The News in Moscow The New Yorker Over the last dozen years of good oil-funded living, middle-class Russians have developed the habit of travelling to warmer climes for...

»RFE/RL Journalists Rounded Up in Baku28/12/14 12:28 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinksmikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. Journalists with RFE/RL's Azerbaijani Service reported today that police are pursuing them individually, going directly to their homes to take them in for questioning fol...

Omar Mateen and 2016 Orlando nightclub shooting - The Dots, The Darkness, and The Mirrors, part 2

Quotes and Questions for Investigations

THE DARKNESS OF THE LOWLY TRUTHS

9/11 and Russia – connecting the dots - by Michael Novakhov

FBI on a couch: problems and solutions: FBI as a domestic intelligence service

The American KGB and the Comey's visions: can Hoover's COINTELPRO thugs be transformed into the modern counterintelligence officers? | M.N.: The American KGB wants to take over the US government. Oy, gevalt! Maybe, it is the time to order a ticket to Madagascar.. - Quotes and Comments

What is wrong with the FBI?

The Kiryas Joel affair: "Sexual abuse" or FBI abuse? | Michael Ameri's suicide as a protest against the FBI: What is wrong with the FBI: its strategy, tactics, techniques and methods if they lead to these unexpected and tragic results?

Kiryas Joel: "Sexual abuse" or FBI abuse?

Is there a general attempt to mislead and to manipulate the FBI using the issues of sexual abuse as a pretext, as a way to deal with the political and other opponents?

Investigate the "investigators"! Part 2: FBI as "a high church for the true mediocre"

Investigate the "investigators"! FBI as "a high church for the true mediocre"

"At bottom, I mean profoundly at bottom, the FBI has nothing to do with Communism, it has nothing to do with catching criminals, it has nothing to do with the Mafia, the syndicate, it has nothing to do with trust-busting, it has nothing to do with interstate commerce, it has nothing to do with anything but serving as a church for the mediocre. A high church for the true mediocre." Norman Mailer | "Investigate the "investigators"! I would think that no less than 50% of the problems this country is facing is due to the FBI's inadequacy. This is a very important issue and the time has come to address it." - by Michael Novakhov